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    CINCHONA TREE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small tree of Ecuador and Peru having very large glossy leaves and large panicles of fragrant pink flowers; cultivated for its medicinal barkplay

    Synonyms:

    Cinchona pubescens; cinchona tree

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("cinchona tree" is a kind of...):

    chinchona; cinchona (any of several trees of the genus Cinchona)

    Holonyms ("cinchona tree" is a member of...):

    genus Chinchona; genus Cinchona (large genus of trees of Andean region of South America having medicinal bark)

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